U.S. Drought Monitor Update for October 16, 2012

Submitted by susan.osborne on Thu, 10/18/2012 - 1:40pm

According to the October 16, 2012 U.S. Drought Monitor, moderate to exceptional drought covers 62.4% of the contiguous United States. This is down from 63.6% last week. Exceptional drought also decreased from 6.2% to 5.8%.

The full U.S. Drought Monitor weekly update and a current summary are available at www.drought.gov.